Emberlynne waited as Snape put away the assignments to be graded later, she glanced at a few she knew would fail horribly; Malfoy's was pitch black. When Snape had them all put away, he turned to Emberlynne.
"What do you think you're doing?" He asked her quite bluntly.
"What are you talking about?" Emberlynne asked.
"You're flirting with Potter." Severus stated.
"You don't know what you're talking about. Besides, how would you know how I flirt?" Emberlynne scoffed.
"Seeing as how you flirt with me constantly, I've learned a thing or two." Snape stated dryly.
"But how…?" Emberlynne asked, her face reddening.
"You're not very subtle." Snape explained.
Emberlynne rolled her eyes, a habit she wasn't about to break.
"Fine, but some harmless flirting…" Emberlynne began until interrupted.
"Harmless? You think flirting with Potter is harmless? Your father said you were here to get information about the boy, not get cozy…" Snape hissed.
"Who cares how I get the information, as long as I get it." Emberlynne tried to defend herself.
Snape looked at Emberlynne as though he wanted to smack her.
"Have you met your father? Emberlynne, you know how he is, what he's capable of…" Snape tried to explain.
"What does any of that have to do with me!?" Emberlynne shouted.
"If he thinks for even five minutes that you have feelings for Potter, and believes that it will mess up his plan, he'll get rid of you Emberlynne." Severus explained coldly.
"He'd never…" Emberlynne shook her head in disbelief.
"Lord Voldemort will stop at nothing to get to Harry Potter, and he'll kill whoever gets in the way. Emberlynne, please just listen to me and cool down, I don't want to see you killed." Snape said putting his hand on Emberlynne's shoulder and looking into those crystal blue eyes.
Emberlynne had longed for some kind of physical contact between her and Snape, but at the moment it did nothing for her.
"Since when did you start caring?" Emberlynne asked bitterly.
"Emberlynne, I'm trying to look out for you." Snape admitted removing his hand from her shoulder.
"Do me a favor and don't. I can look after myself." Emberlynne said harshly.
Before Severus could reply, Emberlynne had her bag and was out the door.